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The Greek government is introducing legislation to protect the legal status of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, ...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi assured Greece that the monastery's sanctity will be preserved. Egypt and Greece clash over St. Catherine's – home to Moses's Well, world's oldest library.
St Catherine’s Monastery on Mt Sinai. Credit: Joonas Plaan/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 All eyes are on Cairo today as Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis leads the Greek delegation in a crucial ...
GREEK political and ecclesiastical authorities have spoken out for the rights of the monks of St Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai, after an Egyptian court ruled on its legal status last week. The ...
In a written statement, the First Throne Church of Orthodoxy appeals to the Egyptian government to ensure the preservation of the ownership status of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine and to ...
The head of the Orthodox Church of Greece accused the Egyptian government Thursday of seizing and confiscating property belonging to an ancient Christian religious ...
A court ruling in Egypt about St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai has sparked grave concern within the Greek Orthodox Church about religious freedom.
After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The ...
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain concerned that the monastery's new status will ...
A ruling in an Egyptian court has brought into question the ownership of the famous Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Egypt reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai, the oldest functioning Christian monastery.